Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains;Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.

T is the same with common natures: Use em kindly, they rebel;But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues obey you well.

Verses written on a window in Scotland.

Note 1.The following lines are copied from the pillar erected on the mount in the Dane John Field, Canterbury:

Where is the man who has the power and skillTo stem the torrent of a womans will?For if she will, she will, you may depend on t;And if she wont, she wont; so there s an end on t.The Examiner, May 31, 1829. [back]